Aṇguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
X. Ānisaṇsa Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sixes
Chapter X: Advantages
Sutta 102
Ānisaṃsa Suttaṃ
Without Reserve (a)[1]
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:
Anent. > O.E. on efen, on efn, on emn = on even with, on a level with, side-by side with, beside, face to face with, opposite, against; #10-11: in respect of, as regards; in respect or referece to, concerning, about.
— p.p.
"Monks, if a monk perceive six advantages,
it is enough to establish,
without reserve,
the thought of impermanence anent all phenomena.
What six?
"Then[2] all phenomena shall appear to me as lacking fixity;
■
my mind shall find no delight in any world;
■
my mind shall rise above every world;
■
my thoughts shall be inclined towards Nibbāna;
■
the fetters in me shall go towards their ceasing;
■
and I shall follow the course of highest recluseship."
[309] Verily, monks, if a monk perceive these six advantages,
it is enough to establish,
without reserve,
the thought of impermanence anent all phenomena.'
[1] The Uddāna, with S.e., tayo anodhi saṇvuttā. P.E.D. does not notice saṇvutta.
[2] Ca.
